§ 12402.1. City property and affairs
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 11 Pa.C.S.A. CitiesEffective: April 6, 2020
Effective: April 6, 2020
11 Pa.C.S.A. § 12402.1
Formerly cited as PA ST 53 P.S. § 37402.1Formerly cited as PA ST 53 P.S. § 36917; PA ST 53 P.S. § 36919; PA ST 53 P.S. § 37402
§ 12402.1. City property and affairs
(1) No real estate owned by the city may be sold except upon approval of council by resolution, and no real estate owned by the city may be sold for a consideration in excess of $6,000, except to the highest bidder after due notice by advertisement for bids or advertisement of a public auction in one newspaper of general circulation in the city.
(7) If no compliant bids are received after advertisement, the applicable procedures in the act of October 27, 1979 (P.L. 241, No. 78),1 entitled “An act authorizing political subdivisions, municipality authorities and transportation authorities to enter into contracts for the purchase of goods and the sale of real and personal property where no bids are received,” shall be followed.
(8) Real estate owned by a city may be sold at a consideration of $6,000 or less without advertisement or competitive bidding only after council estimates the value of the real estate upon receipt of an appraisal by a qualified real estate appraiser. Prior to selling real estate valued at $6,000 or less without advertisement or competitive bidding, council shall make a public announcement of the council's intention to sell the real estate at a regular or special meeting of council at least 30 days prior to the sale.
(4) If council estimates the sale value to be $2,000 or more, the entire lot shall be advertised for sale in at least one newspaper of general circulation in accordance with the provisions of section 10109 (relating to publication of notices), and sale of the property advertised shall be made to the best responsible bidder.
(e) Nonapplicability.--Any requirement for advertising for bids and sale to the highest bidder imposed by this part or by a city pursuant to this section shall not apply where real or personal property of the city is sold to the following, provided that, when any real property is no longer used for the purpose of the conveyance, the real property shall revert to the city:
(3) A municipal authority, a housing authority created pursuant to the act of May 28, 1937 (P.L. 955, No. 265),2 known as the Housing Authorities Law, an urban redevelopment authority created pursuant to the act of May 24, 1945 (P.L. 991, No. 385),3 known as the Urban Redevelopment Law, a parking authority created under 53 Pa.C.S. Ch. 55 (relating to parking authorities) or under the former act of June 5, 1947 (P.L. 458, No. 208),4 known as the Parking Authority Law, or a port authority created pursuant to the act of December 6, 1972 (P.L. 1392, No. 298),5 known as the Third Class City Port Authority Act.
Credits
2015, Nov. 24, P.L. 242, No. 67, § 1, effective in 60 days [Jan. 25, 2016]. Amended 2018, Oct. 24, P.L. 919, No. 150, § 2, effective in 60 days [Dec. 24, 2018]; 2020, Feb. 5, P.L. 6, No. 4, § 2, effective in 60 days [April 6, 2020].
Footnotes
73 P.S. §§ 1641, 1642.
35 P.S. § 1541 et seq.
35 P.S. § 1701 et seq.
53 P.S. § 341 et seq.
55 P.S. § 571 et seq.
11 Pa.C.S.A. § 12402.1, PA ST 11 Pa.C.S.A. § 12402.1
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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